Millions of families enjoy activities and concerts at the festival, where they can also meet Disney characters and stars. The tree lighting parade will feature Mickey and Minnie Mouse as the grand marshals.

Look for our ABC 7 float, and look out for celebrities along the parade route, including Anna and Elsa from "Disney on Ice presents Frozen," and Dee Snider, star of "Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas Tale" at Broadway in Chicago.

On our ABC 7 Eyewitness News Saturday Morning, we had some of the festival stars in our studio to talk about their performances. Nico & Vinz, presented by Southwest Airlines, talked about their concert and their big hit song, "Am I Wrong?"

Kendall Schmidt of "Big Time Rush" and "Heffron Drive" joined us in-studio to talk about his solo band project. Kendall will also be the closing act for the star-studded tree-lighting parade broadcast.

If you cannot make it downtown, you can watch a live broadcast of the parade from 6-7 p.m. on ABC 7 Chicago. The hour-long special will be co-hosted by ABC 7 Eyewitness News Anchors Cheryl Burton and Alan Krashesky. ABC 7's Janet Davies will spotlight some of the best acts from Broadway in Chicago, and Tanja Babich will capture the magic from the street. There will also be encore broadcasts on Sunday, December 14 , from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and on Sunday, December 21, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on ABC 7 Chicago.